Hidden Dungeon

"Is that child injured?" Niu Yuanshan's face showed only a trace of doubt, but his heart suddenly tightened.

Han Shuangjiang nodded, realizing she had found the right opening.

"He got into a bit of a scuffle with someone." She began steering the conversation deeper.

Steward Niu frowned when he heard this and immediately asked, "Are his injuries serious?"

The Cold-faced girl answered seriously, "I'm not sure either. He wouldn't let me look. He seems to be the type who likes to tough things out."

She used a little verbal maneuvering, mixing truth with lies.

From a bystander's perspective, Liu Chengqi's final form of Eight Trigrams Palm—she had already forgotten its name—had come at her with tremendous force. It clearly hadn't been anything ordinary.

But what about Chu Huai Xu?

After taking half a palm strike, he hadn't even grunted.

He actually seemed rather manly.

After realizing he might have gotten himself into trouble, he had kept a clear head and made a decision quickly.

Most importantly, whether in front of Liu Chengqi or now, he had always stood in front of Han Shuangjiang.

It was as though no matter what happened, he would hold the line.

Even in a crisis-ridden situation, that Fox Face still had the time to grin and joke around, never adding to the pressure.

A man who had the ability, methods, and composure to deal with trouble was actually an extremely alluring kind of person.

Moreover, this trait worked on both men and women.

Because of all the twists and turns in her life, Han Shuangjiang was bound to be someone who lacked a sense of security.

Although she had only had brief contact with Chu Huai Xu, she inexplicably felt at ease around him.

Therefore, since he had taken the initiative to shoulder the trouble, she had to make sure she did her part as support.

How could a woman from a Brothel possibly be some naive, sheltered girl?

Verbal maneuvering was something she had to learn in the first place.

Sure enough, Niu Yuanshan's brows furrowed even more deeply.

"What damned bastard dares lay a hand on someone from our organization?" Fury was already surging in his heart.

Looking at the jar of Erlang Wine from the Moon Kingdom on the table, his anger grew even stronger.

However, Niu Yuanshan still needed a reason.

No matter what, he was also one of the organization's Golden Masks. That golden mask represented him as a core member—someone deeply valued!

He knew that this newcomer, Chu Huai Xu, was extremely unusual, seemingly fond of blazing his own trail and acting flamboyantly.

Unlike them, he didn't merely focus on lying low and remaining undercover.

But he had only just joined the Outer Sect, and a private fight had already broken out. Niu Yuanshan felt he needed to understand the situation better.

Steward Niu did not show too much anger on his face, and even his words were reasonable and well-founded. "The two of you were brought here by the Six Elders. I assume they intended for me to look after you."

"Shuangjiang, tell me in detail what happened. What exactly did you encounter?"

"All right," Han Shuangjiang said.

Inside the Bamboo House, Chu Huai Xu undid his robe and examined his injuries.

"Not bad. Nothing serious."

The bloodstained short knife was hung back at his waist.

He had just looked through some of the mission details. Based on the system's description, he realized that he had truly gotten himself into serious trouble this time.

"The Mission System rates mission difficulty based on a variety of comprehensive information."

"The levels are divided into four grades: Class A, B, C, and D."

"Class A missions are the highest level."

"In other words, according to the system's judgment, Liu Chengqi is an existence that players cannot afford to provoke during the newbie period!"

Even more outrageous was that this Passive mission was called Liu Chengqi's Revenge. The mission requirement was actually that as long as he didn't die, it would count as completion.

"Fuck, he's actually coming to beat me to death!" Chu Huai Xu was utterly speechless.

As long as he didn't get beaten to death, the mission would be completed. Just what the hell was Liu Chengqi's background?

"Moreover, the mission requirement is merely not getting beaten to death, yet the system still rates its difficulty as Class A."

"Isn't the system basically telling me that it'll be extremely difficult for me not to get beaten to death?"

This was incredibly unfriendly to a transmigrator like me.

There was nothing he could do. For a foolish player, the worst that could happen was failing the mission and wasting a Revival Coin.

Chu Huai Xu had three Revival Coins, but he wasn't sure whether he could actually revive. He didn't want to take that risk either.

"The mission reward is quite generous, though. A full 1,000 Experience Points."

For players in the newbie period, that was an extremely high reward—enough to raise him several levels.

Aside from that, Chu Huai Xu's attention was firmly drawn to a line of text.

"There is a certain probability of triggering a Hidden Dungeon."

This was what he cared about most!

Hidden Dungeon was the system and players' term for it. In the Xuanhuang Realm, everyone generally called it an adventure—or an opportunity!

This sent Chu Huai Xu into deep thought.

"A Hidden Dungeon?"

He carefully recalled the matter. Suddenly, he remembered something and wondered whether it might be related to the Hidden Dungeon.

"Earlier, I used Information Scan on Liu Chengqi to see how strong he was."

"The system's response was that his Spirit Fetus was currently damaged."

"Could it be related to the Spirit Fetus?"

This kind of Hidden Dungeon that could only be triggered probabilistically was the most infuriating.

Because that meant that even if you completed the mission perfectly, you still might not trigger it.

There were simply too many coincidences involved.

You had to develop and uncover it yourself, or simply rely on luck.

When he played "Borrowed Sword," this was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and his heart had burned with excitement.

But after failing to trigger it again and again, he gradually stopped taking it to heart, and his mindset returned to calm.

It would be great if he triggered it, but if he didn't, so be it.

Outside the house, a voice soon rang out.

"Chu Huai Xu! Han Shuangjiang! Where are you? Come out and meet me!"

Chu Huai Xu had no intention of fleeing. He directly opened the door and saw three men in Black Robes standing outside the Bamboo House.

The man in the lead was about 1.75 meters tall and looked somewhat like Liu Chengqi. A coiled whip hung at his waist, while lightning-like embroidery was stitched across the chest of his Black Robe.

"The Enforcement Team?" Chu Huai Xu narrowed his eyes.

A kingdom had its laws, and a sect had its rules.

That was why the Enforcement Team existed.

One of the Dao Sect's harsher punishments was flogging.

"What kind of Singaporean rules are these?" Chu Huai Xu thought as he looked at the long whip at the man's waist.

As far as he knew, the Outer Sect used ordinary whips, but the Inner Sect was different.

See the lightning embroidered on their chests?

The Inner Sect used Lightning Whips.

Some Dao Sect players who were particularly fond of being flogged would deliberately cause trouble, solely for the thrill.

After lowering their pain sensitivity, it wasn't very painful, and the electricity made it incredibly stimulating, enough to make people ejaculate.

Chu Huai Xu's gaze sharpened slightly, but he had actually considered that the official forces might come.

"How should I address you, Senior Brothers?" he asked.

He had already used Information Scan on them. Three question marks had appeared, which meant that their Character Levels were at least ten levels higher than his. They were genuine cultivators.

"Liu Chenggong, Deputy Captain of the Medicine Mountain Enforcement Team," the leader replied.

Hearing that name, Chu Huai Xu felt that this man and Liu Chengqi probably appeared on the same page of the Liu family genealogy.

"They're both from the same generation, aren't they?"

"May I ask why Captain Liu is looking for me?" he began playing dumb.

"You caused trouble on Medicine Mountain and engaged in a private fight without authorization, violating the Sect rule. After injuring someone, you even robbed them of their money. Your crimes have compounded!"

"Junior Brother Chu, come with us!"